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What \u00a0better represents Texas than combining a Rodeo and Dancing? \u00a0Since 1925 that is exactly what the Crider family has done – providing entertainment for several generation. \u00a0Dang – horses, bulls, cowboys, pretty “Texas Girls”, music, and dancing – have we died and gone to heaven?<\/p>\n
The Crider family came to America in the early 1700s when Jacob Kreider immigrated from Switzerland settling in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania right in the middle of the Pennsylvania Dutch area. \u00a0Early in the 1800s the family name was changed to Crider. \u00a0It was Jacob’s grandson Daniel Jr who first came to Blanco County in the Texas Hill Country. \u00a0Daniel was became an accomplished fiddle player and was known as Texas Dan. \u00a0Daniel married twice and had a total of nine children. \u00a0His first wife, Elizabeth and three of their children perished in a fire that destroyed their house. \u00a0Daniel and their other children escaped. \u00a0He married his second wife, Sarah in 1850. \u00a0The Crider family became well rooted in the Texas Hill Country.<\/p>\n
On July 4, 1925, Walter and Audry Crider hosted a rodeo fund-raisier to benefit the Hunt School PTA . \u00a0 Soon the guest at the Heart of Hills Inn and local folks and visitors wanted a place to learn folk dancing. \u00a0A wooden dance floor was build on the Crider property located on the lower banks of the Guadalupe River. \u00a0Each 4th of July the Crider family hosted the rodeo, dance, and barbecue. \u00a0In the 1930’s they began a weekly event during the summer months.<\/p>\n
During World War II the dances were held across the street \u00a0at the store and cafe. \u00a0. \u00a0In 1950 it was moved back to the original site. \u00a0The cafe burned down in 1993 and was reconstructed in 2ooo. \u00a0The dance floor and stage do not have a roof \u00a0– A GREAT TRADITION OF DANCING\u00a0UNDER THE STARS<\/strong>, instead of Dancing with the Stars (why should they have all the fun). \u00a0Many Texas legends have played on the Criders’<\/strong> stage including a little know singer in 1966 named Willie Nelson.<\/p>\n Now please take note fellow BACKROAD WARRIORS – Criders Rodeo and Dance Hall<\/strong> is a TEXAS TREASURE. \u00a0Weather permitting Criders<\/strong> still opens for dances and rodeos every summer weekend. \u00a0When visiting the Texas Hill Country be sure and include Crider’s<\/strong> Rodeo and Dance Hall<\/strong> – It is everything Texas rolled up in one.<\/p>\n www.cridersroadeoanddance.com<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What \u00a0better represents Texas than combining a Rodeo and Dancing? \u00a0Since 1925 that is exactly what the Crider family has done – providing entertainment for …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backroads","category-texas-dance-halls"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/focusonthebackroads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/100814-Criders-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusonthebackroads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusonthebackroads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusonthebackroads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusonthebackroads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusonthebackroads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=616"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusonthebackroads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":654,"href":"https:\/\/focusonthebackroads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions\/654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusonthebackroads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusonthebackroads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusonthebackroads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusonthebackroads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}